[MUCKS RANT ON]



I am being driven blind by Linux Browser Fonts ... and I am sick to the teeth of everybody telling me I should use CTRL + ... are you frigging blind also? ... have you got your head so far up your, you know where, that you can't see your nose on your face. Has ANYBODY got an answer?


... and me.


http://jeremy.zawodny.com/blog/archives/000773.html

Notice the date on that ... well I have aslo tried, in vain, to get some sore of readability and I aint getting nowhere.

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Conclusion Linux is not ready for the desktop. Why not? Fonts, that's why.

I concur ... anyboy want to argue with me ... then post a sensible reply.


[/mucks rant off]

Now how about a chorus of "Gentle Jesus meek and mild" for Mucks before he finally blows a gasket?

Only kidding Mucks, I would have given up way before this if I were trying to install any flavour of Linux!

May be we should nominate you for sainthood or something

oh baby, I aint no saint, and not dead yet either.

It's becoming a 'fight' ... ME v 'IT' ... and I have the secret weapon ... reformat, HAHAHAHA, *insert evil smilie* ... see how 'IT' likes that one then.



For a PC user my needs are simple ... but I NEED to read what I'm doing.

???????
Looks fine to me....... using linux...... took a shot of this thread using Suse 9.2 and the current version of firefox.......

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http://www.usalug.org/CROUSE/fontscreenshot.png

Edit: Here is my firefox settings.......
Edit>Preferences>General>Fonts&Colors

Good for you ...

Just tryin to help dude

So does it not allow Tahoma, Arial, Verdana etc... from Windows standard fonts?

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Originally Posted by usalug Just tryin to help dude

I aint no dude, pal.
I have more Fonts than you have hot dinners, one thing I know about are Fonts. It is easy enough to install fonts in Linux without any Konsole

FF & Linux do not render them correctly ...

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Unfortunately a few applications do not support Truetype. If your truetype fonts work with all other applications but are not even shown in some others, this might be the case. There is very little to do other than try to find a more recent version of the product.

FF is one of them.

Ian, I can install any font I own, EUL accepted, but using Tahoma, as most IE sites do, as a default, means I, and no doubt many other, see a ragged load of garbage. Sorry, no offence.

I have poor eyesight anyway, spend too much time behind a monitor does not help, and I can assure you I have read too many RTFMs to see if someone with a better sugestion ...

This is the best I have found ...
http://www.granneman.com/webdev/bro...gurefirefox.htm

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Change Proportional to Sans Serif. Change Sans-serif to Verdana (if you're using Linux, try Bitstream Vera Sans instead). Change Monospace to Andale Mono (if it's on your system; if you're using Linux, try Bitstream Vera Sans Mono instead). Press OK to close the Fonts & Colors window.

It works the best, but not perfect.



Just to clear one thing up ... I have no problems with ANY fonts in the Linux desktop, it is very good, as good as, if not better, than the other OS.


I need to drop FF and learn how to use Konqueror, at least it looks better.

FWIW Muckshifter: http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/alabaster/A128143
and if my posts are offending you..... perhaps I'll just leave you alone from now on.....